The American Discovery of the Norse: An Episode in Nineteenth-century American LiteratureBucknell University Press, 1999 - 184 Seiten "The interest of a group of American writers in the Norse (Viking Age Scandinavians) began to develop in the late 1830s, reaching its high point at mid-century and tapering off after the Civil War as the members of the group neared the end of their careers (only one of the authors discussed, Julia Clinton Jones, joins the club at the end of the period)." "This period, defined as the original phase of the American discovery of the Norse, features two essayists, Emerson and Thoreau, who refer to the Norse in writing on a variety of topics. Fiction is represented by Melville alone (American writers of fiction like Stowe and Hawthorne shun the Norse). Neither the essayists nor Melville uses Norse themes as their primary subject. That is reserved for the poets: Lowell, Whittier, Taylor, Longfellow, and Julia Clinton Jones."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
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... Quaker poet ends the poem , whether to atone for having fantasized in this manner about a band of pagan adventurers and their gods or to add significance and valid- ity to his reconstruction of a chapter in the history of Massachusetts ...
... Quaker poet ends the poem , whether to atone for having fantasized in this manner about a band of pagan adventurers and their gods or to add significance and valid- ity to his reconstruction of a chapter in the history of Massachusetts ...
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... Quaker outlook . He mar- ries her , and for some time the two live peacefully on her father's farm . However , Lars is lonely for his homeland , and in the final book , after his father - in - law's death , he gets Ruth to embark with ...
... Quaker outlook . He mar- ries her , and for some time the two live peacefully on her father's farm . However , Lars is lonely for his homeland , and in the final book , after his father - in - law's death , he gets Ruth to embark with ...
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... Quaker Militant : John Greenleaf Whittier ( 1933 ; reprint , Fort Wash- ington , New York : Kennikat Press , 1969 ) . Whitman Bennett , Bard of Freedom ( 1941 ; reprint , Fort Washington , New York : Kennikat Press , 1972 ) . The ...
... Quaker Militant : John Greenleaf Whittier ( 1933 ; reprint , Fort Wash- ington , New York : Kennikat Press , 1969 ) . Whitman Bennett , Bard of Freedom ( 1941 ; reprint , Fort Washington , New York : Kennikat Press , 1972 ) . The ...
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Preface | 11 |
Introduction | 13 |
Emerson | 33 |
Urheberrecht | |
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Aesir Ahab allusion American discovery Balder ballad Biörn Boston called canto Cape Cod Carlyle chapter Christ Christian Clarel Complete Poetical Copenhagen Danish edited Emerson England English Traits essay Frithiofs Saga Fuller German gods Gothic hammer Heimskringla Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Hilen History Ibid Icelandic interest Jarl Thorkell Jones King Olaf Laing's Lars Leif Leif Ericsson London Longfellow and Scandinavia Lowell Mardi Melville Melville's Moby Dick Norse literature Norse lore Norse myth Norse mythology Norse references Norse revival Norsemen North Northern Antiquities Northmen Norway Norwegian notes Odin Oehlenschläger Olaf's old Norse original pagan passage Pequod poem poet Poetic Edda poetry Prose Prose Edda published race Rafn Rafn's Reprint Runic Saga of King sail says Scandinavian serpent ship Sigrid the Haughty skald Skeleton in Armor Snorri's story suggests Sweden Swedish Tegnér theme Thor Thor's Thoreau tion translation University Press Valhalla Viking vols Voyage to Vinland Walden Whittier women writing York